diff --git a/config/initializers/constants.rb b/config/initializers/constants.rb
index 166980bb5..9c4109278 100644
--- a/config/initializers/constants.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/constants.rb
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ class Constants
   #=============================================================================
 
   # Application version
-  APP_VERSION = '1.8.1'.freeze
+  APP_VERSION = '1.9.0'.freeze
 
   TEXT_EXTRACT_FILE_TYPES = [
     'application/pdf',